I think every AV-Scanner is using some predictable recursive scan to search files for malware. Couldn't malware easily detect a scan and just move to an already checked location, determined by knowing ...

In general, a person downloads some files from the Internet. Secure practice is to, at least, scan them before opening them.
In light of this, what file types (i.e. extensions) should a normal user ...

I want to evaluate a new antivirus product which obviously hasn't undergone the tests by known test labs. So I want to measure its performance in different aspects and come up with common comparisons ...

Recently I heard the term called application level antivirus. I just wanted to know is there anything like that. I heard a company provides such kind of antivirus(I dont want to post company name) I ...

The machine I am attacking has anti-virus installed.
I have managed to use Veil Framework in order to create an initial reverse shell payload that is undetected by the AV. However, UAC is enabled on ...

I live at a place where we don't always always have internet. I wonder if there is something like VirusTotal but that could work without internet connection and sync when I have some wifi to update ...

On one hand, most antivirus websites claim their products are highly effective, and I've seen antivirus "test" videos claiming 95%+ detection rates for new malware (as in less than a day old, not old ...

Sorry if this is posted in the wrong section.
A little about me: I'm going to be a sophomore in the fall at university, my major is Computer Science (Information Assurance). I've been interested in ...

Disclaimer : I am not very knowledgeable about the behaviour of anti-viruses (anti-viri?).
I was wondering how they discern between malicious and non-malicious pages if all they can read is the HTML ...

Many people pay for VPNs and select the VPN based on whether or not that VPN keeps logs of the user's activities and if so for how long. The motivation is privacy- they don't want their surfing habits ...

I typically recommend that users enable a real-time email scanner (aka a mail shield) in order to detect a possible vector used by malware. Even if they don't use an email application, the rationale ...

Fred Cohen in 1986 has proved in his Ph.D. thesis the undecidability of viral detection (no perfect virus checker can ever exist).
My question is : Is it possible for a malware to stay very long time ...

I am studiying about android development and given the permission restriction between apps and isolation that the operating system itself imposes, I was wondering what can an antivirus app distributed ...

Why don’t « hackers » (or more accurately, « virus maker ») just do repackaging over their malware to by-pass antivirus software? Because it resolves the issue of the virus signature (kind of hash), ...

I read the following post, and while the questions was specific to SkyRim, the more general answer was that it depends on the game. I wanted to pose a more generic question here to the security folks.
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As part of a workstation pen test, I copy a simple metasploit payload onto the workstation, and try to run it. Usually this is blocked by anti-virus software. However, sometimes it isn't (I won't name ...

I downloaded a pdf earlier, and I was trying to send it to my friend, but gmail said that it detected a virus. So I ran it through virustotal.com and only 1 out of 56 scanners came up with a virus - ...

I have been working with the veil framework to test an internal IDS system I have in place. I have used a public malware sample which produces an 8/53 hit score on Virustotal and run it through the ...

Let's say I buy a computer and use the internet for services but rarely download anything and when I do it is from legitimate sources with a minimal to non-existent chance of malware.
What benefits ...

We have a web application for which I've been asked to add the ability to let users upload documents that will then be visible and downloadable by other users. Those documents will typically be images ...

Anti-malware software has to keep track of all bad software there is. To ease this load, it seems like a good idea to stop looking for threats that's been dead for years.
Is there any example of some ...

I read that antivirus opensource software would be a good idea since the database could be informed and mainained by lots of capable people. However I have also read arguments to the contrary but none ...

MS Windows is always vulnerable to virus and worms and having an antivirus is almost necessary. How is it possible that hardware antiviruses don't exist?
The idea sounds pretty good, if the antivirus ...